Global Patent Index - EP 2321826 B1

EP 2321826 B1 20120208 - MEMORY SYSTEM WITH SECTIONAL DATA LINES

Title (en)

MEMORY SYSTEM WITH SECTIONAL DATA LINES

Title (de)

SPEICHERSYSTEM MIT SEKTIONALEN DATENZEILEN

Title (fr)

SYSTÈME DE MÉMOIRE DOTÉ DE LIGNES DE DONNÉES SECTIONNELLES

Publication

EP 2321826 B1 20120208 (EN)

Application

EP 09790573 A 20090717

Priority

  • US 2009050970 W 20090717
  • US 9172008 P 20080825
  • US 41064809 A 20090325

Abstract (en)

[origin: US2010046267A1] A storage system includes a three-dimensional memory array that has multiple layers of non-volatile storage elements grouped into blocks. The blocks are grouped into bays. The storage system includes array lines of a first type in communication with storage elements, array lines of a second type in communication with storage elements, and sense amplifiers. Each block is geographically associated with two sense amplifiers and all blocks of a particular bay share a group of sense amplifiers associated with the blocks of the particular bay. The system includes multiple sets of local data lines in one or more routing metal layers below the three-dimensional memory array and multiple sets of global data lines in one or more top metal layers above the three-dimensional memory array. Each set of one or more blocks include one set of the local data lines. Each bay includes one set of global data lines that connect to the group of sense amplifiers associated with the blocks of the respective bay. Each block includes a subset of first selection circuits for selectively coupling a subset of array lines of the first type to respective local data lines. Each block includes a subset of second selection circuits for selectively coupling a subset of the respective local data lines to global data lines associated with a respective bay.

IPC 8 full level

G11C 16/24 (2006.01); G11C 16/08 (2006.01); H10N 99/00 (2023.01)

CPC (source: EP KR US)

G11C 7/12 (2013.01 - KR); G11C 13/0028 (2013.01 - EP US); G11C 16/06 (2013.01 - KR); G11C 16/08 (2013.01 - KR); G11C 16/24 (2013.01 - EP KR US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

US 2010046267 A1 20100225; US 8130528 B2 20120306; AT E545134 T1 20120215; CN 102132352 A 20110720; CN 102132352 B 20150701; EP 2321826 A1 20110518; EP 2321826 B1 20120208; JP 2012501038 A 20120112; JP 5318211 B2 20131016; KR 101573509 B1 20151201; KR 20110069030 A 20110622; TW 201017683 A 20100501; TW I427642 B 20140221; US 2011182105 A1 20110728; US 2012170346 A1 20120705; US 2012170347 A1 20120705; US 8358528 B2 20130122; US 8913413 B2 20141216; US 8982597 B2 20150317; WO 2010024982 A1 20100304

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 41064809 A 20090325; AT 09790573 T 20090717; CN 200980133212 A 20090717; EP 09790573 A 20090717; JP 2011525038 A 20090717; KR 20117007003 A 20090717; TW 98126194 A 20090804; US 2009050970 W 20090717; US 201113079613 A 20110404; US 201213362311 A 20120131; US 201213362320 A 20120131